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62mac said..

Kelly out,Mick into next round its on live now peoples,all Mick has to do is win this comp and he will be crowned champion.

ACtually i think he just needs to win the semi's

KK didn't look that happy

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jbshack said..

62mac said..

Kelly out,Mick into next round its on live now peoples,all Mick has to do is win this comp and he will be crowned champion.

ACtually i think he just needs to win the semi's

KK didn't look that happy

Cool I'm happy for both the above

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62mac said...

jbshack said..

62mac said..

Kelly out,Mick into next round its on live now peoples,all Mick has to do is win this comp and he will be crowned champion.

ACtually i think he just needs to win the semi's

KK didn't look that happy

Cool I'm happy for both the above

Same same

I feel a bit weird...sad to see KS out but it looks like my punt on MF should pay off nicely

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Ted the Kiwi said..

I feel a bit weird...sad to see KS out but it looks like my punt on MF should pay off nicely

why be sad for a multi millionaire up start

I am a big KS fan Mac!!!! Its amazing what he has done as a sportsperson over such a long period of time. Full respect. Personally i think MF is more of an upstart than him....but then I do not know either so my opinion is not really that relevant

Micks a good guy Kelly well

A good friend of mine had a poor experience with MF so maybe my view has always been clouded by that.....none the less if he wins I will be smiling

I've had a bad experience with Kelly,Mick is great with the kids around town super friendly and they just love it.

its funny how one experience can change our view so much. Thats why I started the other thread - a feel good one !!!

MF up against young WA fella Willcox. He was interviewed the other night and they asked him how he would feel betting out MF and upsetting his tittle run

Wow what an experience for him

How about his interview after slaying KS - How was that to beat KS? response....."So Stoked" Classic.

comps on if any of you are interested in surfing

http://www.live.ripcurl.com/portugal-live-webcast.html

Miguel just did a big air.....technically it was fantastic and I wish I could do one but it seriously looked ugly. I recond some of these one maneuver waves are a waste.

parko on next

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parko on next

and just wins with 5 seconds to go

LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Tuesday, October 15, 2013) ??? Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) International is pleased to announce media/distribution agreements with ESPN, YouTube and Facebook across the linear broadcast, digital and social media spectrums. Each agreement will commence in 2014 to help celebrate and grow the sport of surfing worldwide. Today???s announcements mark the first national and global media deals in the history of professional surfing.

ASP events enhanced by the media deals include the 26 elite tour events across men???s, women???s and big wave arenas in Australia, Brazil, Fiji, Indonesia, Tahiti, USA, France, Portugal, Chile, Peru, South Africa, Spain and Mexico. Since 1976, ASP has annually crowned the undisputed world surfing champions in a sport that hosts more than 120 million fans worldwide as well as the recently-identified number one sport fan for sponsor consideration and loyalty in the U.S., according to findings by global research firm Repucom.

???Professional surfing is a truly global sport which demands media distribution partners with significant reach. Our newly announced partners have tremendous presence in the innovative media arena and, together, they build the foundation for the ASP media platform,??? Paul Speaker, ASP CEO, said. ???I personally believe surfing is one of the most dramatic and dynamic sports on the planet and it???s an honor to work with tremendously inspirational athletes in bringing their feats and stories to the public.???

???I find it very fitting that the rebirth of professional surfing in 2014 will be broadcast within the ESPN family of networks and back on ABC as they were the first to support surfing on television back in 1962,??? Speaker continued.
ESPN teams up with ASP as the exclusive U.S. domestic broadcaster for professional surfing in 2014 as part of a three-year agreement to showcase the sport???s elite events. The rights deal will allow surfing fans to see highlight shows immediately following the events.

???ESPN is thrilled to be working with the ASP as the U.S. domestic broadcast partner for professional surfing,??? Tim Reed, ESPN Global X senior director, Content Strategy and Sports & Competition, said. ???We look forward to showcasing the excitement, energy and incredible skills of professional surfers touring the world under the ASP banner. The talent and experience that is being aggregated at the ASP make this a very exciting time for professional surfing as well as a great opportunity for ESPN to extend its X Games brand into professional surfing.???

Respective international linear broadcast deals will be finalized and announced in the coming weeks.

The ASP YouTube channel, along with the rebuilt ASP website which will embed this content via the YouTube player, will exclusively provide fans with more than 3,000 hours of programming, including 26 live streamed events annually across the men???s ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the women???s ASP WCT and the ASP Big Wave World Tour (BWWT). For the first time in the sport???s history, the ASP YouTube channel will enable fans around the world to go to one global destination to view surfing digitally.

???ASP is committed to putting the world???s best surfers on the world???s best waves,??? said Claude Ruibal, Global Head of Sports Content, YouTube. ???We???re committed to delivering the world???s best viewing and interactive experience to amplify these incredible performances, turning the ASP YouTube channel to a daily destination for a world of surfing fans.???

Facebook will serve as the primary social platform partner for ASP with the relationship focusing on fan engagement. Repucom research findings showed the number one sport fan using social media throughout the world are surfing fans, including a characteristic of being six times more likely to engage in social media than the general public. The ASP will use Facebook to engage its rapidly-growing global fan base around surfing, both via broadcasts and connecting fans to the athletes themselves.

???We will be working closely with Facebook and Instagram as the primary social platforms to enhance our broadcast programming ??? bringing the tribe of surfing fans from around the world closer to the action they love, the athletes they follow and the sponsor brands they support,??? Speaker said.

With the start of the 2014 season, fans will experience the future of professional surfing with the convergence of the production, marketing, media, social and sponsorship initiatives under the ASP banner for the first time in the sport???s history. The 2013 season is serving as a transitional year, with new management building programs and partnerships for the rebirth of professional surfing in 2014 when a new look, tone and feel as well as consistent and top-of-class programming will showcase the world???s best surfers in the world???s best waves. To see a preview of the new ASP, go to www.aspworldtour.com/2014

The 2013 ASP World Championship Tour is currently in Portugal for the Rip Curl Pro which runs through October 20, 2013.

For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com

This will be interesting. I have seen some banter between some in the industry. Some liking some being very weary. One photog is happy another is not. Will you nneed to be signed to take pics now? Like football and other sports. How do you enforce that rule at a public beach?
Am I reading into this too much and being too distrustful?

I would imagine that there will be people in the industry that do feel a bit hard done by some of these changes...but realistically its just bringing surfing up to similar standards employed on most professional sports. I think the good thing here is that we as consumers of their product will benefit with a high tech youtube channel for live coverage. Not sure if you watched any of the Americas Cup action on the live youtube channel but it was insane. We just need to hope that they select a great team of commentators to spread the love. I think that is the biggest issue - they need to find a team that is fair dinkium, knowledgeable and unbiased and has a lot of on-air spark. Great commentators should bring this home and we will all benefit nicely as a result. Most of the on air teams are completely unorganised and their preparation before heats is appalling. This side of the business needs to become a lot more professional - I just hope its not too Americanised for my liking

Right on Ted and that pom doing the beach interviews is driving me crazy atm.

I reckon the latest beach side interviewer is better than the yank they have had previously

Its his voice and I'm a pom

Mark sold his surf shop

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Ted the Kiwi said...
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Tuesday, October 15, 2013) ??? Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) International is pleased to announce media/distribution agreements with ESPN, YouTube and Facebook across the linear broadcast, digital and social media spectrums. Each agreement will commence in 2014 to help celebrate and grow the sport of surfing worldwide. Today???s announcements mark the first national and global media deals in the history of professional surfing.

ASP events enhanced by the media deals include the 26 elite tour events across men???s, women???s and big wave arenas in Australia, Brazil, Fiji, Indonesia, Tahiti, USA, France, Portugal, Chile, Peru, South Africa, Spain and Mexico. Since 1976, ASP has annually crowned the undisputed world surfing champions in a sport that hosts more than 120 million fans worldwide as well as the recently-identified number one sport fan for sponsor consideration and loyalty in the U.S., according to findings by global research firm Repucom.

???Professional surfing is a truly global sport which demands media distribution partners with significant reach. Our newly announced partners have tremendous presence in the innovative media arena and, together, they build the foundation for the ASP media platform,??? Paul Speaker, ASP CEO, said. ???I personally believe surfing is one of the most dramatic and dynamic sports on the planet and it???s an honor to work with tremendously inspirational athletes in bringing their feats and stories to the public.???

???I find it very fitting that the rebirth of professional surfing in 2014 will be broadcast within the ESPN family of networks and back on ABC as they were the first to support surfing on television back in 1962,??? Speaker continued.
ESPN teams up with ASP as the exclusive U.S. domestic broadcaster for professional surfing in 2014 as part of a three-year agreement to showcase the sport???s elite events. The rights deal will allow surfing fans to see highlight shows immediately following the events.

???ESPN is thrilled to be working with the ASP as the U.S. domestic broadcast partner for professional surfing,??? Tim Reed, ESPN Global X senior director, Content Strategy and Sports & Competition, said. ???We look forward to showcasing the excitement, energy and incredible skills of professional surfers touring the world under the ASP banner. The talent and experience that is being aggregated at the ASP make this a very exciting time for professional surfing as well as a great opportunity for ESPN to extend its X Games brand into professional surfing.???

Respective international linear broadcast deals will be finalized and announced in the coming weeks.

The ASP YouTube channel, along with the rebuilt ASP website which will embed this content via the YouTube player, will exclusively provide fans with more than 3,000 hours of programming, including 26 live streamed events annually across the men???s ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the women???s ASP WCT and the ASP Big Wave World Tour (BWWT). For the first time in the sport???s history, the ASP YouTube channel will enable fans around the world to go to one global destination to view surfing digitally.

???ASP is committed to putting the world???s best surfers on the world???s best waves,??? said Claude Ruibal, Global Head of Sports Content, YouTube. ???We???re committed to delivering the world???s best viewing and interactive experience to amplify these incredible performances, turning the ASP YouTube channel to a daily destination for a world of surfing fans.???

Facebook will serve as the primary social platform partner for ASP with the relationship focusing on fan engagement. Repucom research findings showed the number one sport fan using social media throughout the world are surfing fans, including a characteristic of being six times more likely to engage in social media than the general public. The ASP will use Facebook to engage its rapidly-growing global fan base around surfing, both via broadcasts and connecting fans to the athletes themselves.

???We will be working closely with Facebook and Instagram as the primary social platforms to enhance our broadcast programming ??? bringing the tribe of surfing fans from around the world closer to the action they love, the athletes they follow and the sponsor brands they support,??? Speaker said.

With the start of the 2014 season, fans will experience the future of professional surfing with the convergence of the production, marketing, media, social and sponsorship initiatives under the ASP banner for the first time in the sport???s history. The 2013 season is serving as a transitional year, with new management building programs and partnerships for the rebirth of professional surfing in 2014 when a new look, tone and feel as well as consistent and top-of-class programming will showcase the world???s best surfers in the world???s best waves. To see a preview of the new ASP, go to www.aspworldtour.com/2014

The 2013 ASP World Championship Tour is currently in Portugal for the Rip Curl Pro which runs through October 20, 2013.

For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com

That's a record Ted

are you trying to tell me that you read it? I am calling bullocks on that

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Ted the Kiwi said...
are you trying to tell me that you read it? I am calling bullocks on that

No farkin way.
That's a dossier and a 1/2.

Its on and it there will be a winner tonight,Parko lost and needs to surf round 5,Mick won his heat and is into the quarters

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Ted the Kiwi said...
I would imagine that there will be people in the industry that do feel a bit hard done by some of these changes...but realistically its just bringing surfing up to similar standards employed on most professional sports. I think the good thing here is that we as consumers of their product will benefit with a high tech youtube channel for live coverage. Not sure if you watched any of the Americas Cup action on the live youtube channel but it was insane. We just need to hope that they select a great team of commentators to spread the love. I think that is the biggest issue - they need to find a team that is fair dinkium, knowledgeable and unbiased and has a lot of on-air spark. Great commentators should bring this home and we will all benefit nicely as a result. Most of the on air teams are completely unorganised and their preparation before heats is appalling. This side of the business needs to become a lot more professional - I just hope its not too Americanised for my liking

Social media is flooded by the pro's promoting themselves as a brand and also the people who sponsor them. So what's going to happen with the obvious overlapping in that regard. Will the pro's end up mo're free surfers instead of following the tour?

Well its down to pip between Kelly and Mick

I watched the heat last night.....MF was wave starved in that heat !